On Monday’s NBC Today, political director Chuck Todd analyzed the state of the presidential race following a series of new national polls showing a slight Romney lead: “Well, look, the first debate really did sort of shift things….the numbers I’ve seen, and in talking to both campaigns, something shifted fundamentally.”

However, only four days earlier, on Thursday’s Today, Todd argued the debate was “not as helpful to Romney as he might have hoped,” leading co-host Savannah Guthrie to conclude: “Alright, so the debate had maybe not as much of an impact.”

Ratboy

@ Coffee Steve
Posted October 15, 2012 at 12:23 PM
PS

Persoanlly I liked the Tea Party back then even

Yep that was some gooooood smokin tea!!

Coffee Steve

@Ratboy
Yep that was some gooooood smokin tea!!

If they had thrown coffee off, I would be a democrat LOL

Ratboy

Lets see if she holds to her first conviction or if she caves!

CPD: Crowley shouldn’t reinterpret questions

The Commission on Presidential Debates does not want Candy Crowley, the debate moderator, to reinterpret audience members’ questions — a small but important point in this ongoing debate over what role the moderator is meant to play in the townhall-format debate.

“Our only issue is that the citizen questioners get their chance to pose the question without reinterpretation from the moderator,” CPD co-chairman Mike McCurry tells TechPresident’s Micah Sifry today.

That hardly provides clarity. In one interview with CNN, Crowley said, “Once the table is kind of set by the town hall questioner, there is then time for me to say, ‘Hey, wait a second, what about x, y, z?’.” In another, “If the town hall person asks about apples, and they answer oranges, I get to say, ‘Wait a second, the question was about apples — let’s talk about that.'”

Is that reinterpretation? Or is that merely facilitating the conversation? Fine line.

But it hardly matters. No one will be policing her. Once Crowley has the mic, it’s up to her.

You don’t understand what ? If it was what I typed to Jeff…. That’s a rotten thing to say. I thought you were getting better.

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PaulG,

You hit the nail on the head. Illegals impact on the outcome of the electoral college could determine the outcome of who is elected , & yes, it does stink.

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Is the NYT’s finally doing real reporting ?

Biden caught in Syria debate falsehood

In last week’s vice presidential debate, Joe Biden asserted that the United States was working to isolate al-Qaeda in Syria by ensuring that aid was directed to moderate elements of the Syrian opposition.

In the case of Syria, the NY Times reports, the President and his national security team were told that the aid was going to “hard-line Islamic jihadists.” Yet Biden plainly asserted aid was going to “people who deserve the help not jihadists” In other words, what Biden said was false. Worse yet, Biden knew his statement was untrue when he said it.

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Gotta run for today

Coffee Steve

@d.d.
That’s a rotten thing to say. I thought you were getting better

Pardonne-moi

Coffee Steve

Later gators

BBL..

Ratboy

Romney Raises $170.4 Million in September

According to the campaign, Mitt Romney raised $170 million in September alone. That dollar figure includes money raised by the Republican National Committee and various state parties.

From the Romney campaign:

Today, Romney for President, Romney Victory, and the Republican National Committee announced fundraising totals of over $170.4 million in September. The campaign, RNC and state party participants have approximately $191 million cash on hand. …